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The Place Where the Harmonium Was = 풍금이 있던 자리

Shin Kyung-sook

4/5 ( ratings)

This is a bilingual edition of award winning author Shin Kyung-sook 's The Place Where the Harmonium Was .

"In that context, the blind calf in the story represents the vulnerablility of the weak, including that of the narrator herself, and reminds us of the universality of the human condition which causes all of us to crave more love and care. The mother cow that suckles her blind calf and the mother magpie that fetches food for its chicks are ideals to which the suffering characters in this story are supposed to aspire. Indeed, such scenes seem to be the wellspring of Shin's creative power" - From the Afterword

"Shin Kyung-sook writes intimate and heartwarming narratives that reveal the origin of the oppressive and profound pain in our hearts. This pain is embodied in a beautiful tradgedy that Shin describes in meticulous detail with her characteristically slow and repetitive narrative style, weaving in such devices as defamiliarization, tension, and the slow reversal of time." - Kim Chi-su

Language: Multiple languages

Pages: 126

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Asia Publishers

Release: May 20, 2022

ISBN: 899400632X

ISBN 13: 9788994006321

The Place Where the Harmonium Was = 풍금이 있던 자리

Shin Kyung-sook

4/5 ( ratings)

This is a bilingual edition of award winning author Shin Kyung-sook 's The Place Where the Harmonium Was .

"In that context, the blind calf in the story represents the vulnerablility of the weak, including that of the narrator herself, and reminds us of the universality of the human condition which causes all of us to crave more love and care. The mother cow that suckles her blind calf and the mother magpie that fetches food for its chicks are ideals to which the suffering characters in this story are supposed to aspire. Indeed, such scenes seem to be the wellspring of Shin's creative power" - From the Afterword

"Shin Kyung-sook writes intimate and heartwarming narratives that reveal the origin of the oppressive and profound pain in our hearts. This pain is embodied in a beautiful tradgedy that Shin describes in meticulous detail with her characteristically slow and repetitive narrative style, weaving in such devices as defamiliarization, tension, and the slow reversal of time." - Kim Chi-su

Language: Multiple languages

Pages: 126

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Asia Publishers

Release: May 20, 2022

ISBN: 899400632X

ISBN 13: 9788994006321

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